Russians Orbit New Satellite
Soviet Premier Khrushchev announced at a Kremlin election meeting that a cosmic vehicle was launched and already in orbit. Scientist Ushinsky said rockets are being launched, with Khrushchev noting the time as 3 o clock and delaying clarification on am or pm. The crowd cheered as Tass and the Academy of Sciences provided no extra details.
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Welfare Bill OK'd By House
The House passed a 325 million welfare bill with a 140 million relief boost not sought by President Kennedy. It would raise federal payments to about 70 dollars monthly for aged disabled and blind recipients and expand rehabilitation grants. The measure includes work and training programs for able bodied relief recipients and state participation without losing federal aid.
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U N Disarmament Talks Start Amid Western Rift
The 17 nation Geneva talks see Rusk and Gromyko set for informal talks as India pushes for compromise. Kennedy era blow when the Soviet union rejects the US test ban terms and resumption of atmospheric tests seems likely.
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10 Americans Injured In Italian Bus Crash
A bus with 40 American tourists hit a truck 20 miles south of Rome in March’s cold weather. Ten Americans were injured, three seriously, including Sylvia Fisher Green of Long Island. Four others were treated and released after first aid.
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Ten-Year Budget For Fallout Shelter Plans Announced
Construction firms offer a decade to pay for a fall out shelter amid easing world tensions. The program encourages households to invest in protective structures with extended payment terms.
Two Top Ranking Reds Arrested in U S Crackdown
Gus Hall and Benjamin J. Davis were arrested at the American Communist party headquarters in Manhattan on six counts each under the Subversive Activities Control Act. Bail set at 5000 dollars for each. Davis, a former New York City Council member, and Hall, general secretary, have prior Smith Act convictions. Attorney General Kennedy says indictments do not outlaw the party or criminalize membership.
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Kids Old Folks All Help Residents Buy Bus Firm
In Zanesville Ohio residents rallied to rescue the local bus service by funding a purchase. A new company has raised 33000 dollars with donations from students seniors merchants groups and the drivers union to take over the Zanesville Rapid Transit Co. The current operator plans to sell its buses for 25000 dollars though no sale date is set.
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Weekend warming follows cold start with mixed precipitation
Partly cloudy skies remain, but brighter periods return as a gradual warming trend unfolds through the weekend. Tonight dips to 25, then Saturday warms with rain or snow possible Monday or Tuesday. Yesterday's high reached 36 and overnight low was 25.
Navy and Air Force hunt for missing Flying Tiger Constellation
A four engine Flying Tiger Line Constellation vanished west of Guam with 107 aboard, including 93 Army personnel and three South Vietnamese. U S and Philippine search teams scoured 75 000 square miles of the western Pacific through daylight and into night, while Saigon sources said troops were en route to bolster South Viet Nam.
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Guatemala in revolt as Ydigoras arms loyalists
President Miguel Ydigoras says 40009 supporters stream into Guatemala City to back the army against a Castro linked revolt. In the capital thousands of students clash with police. buses and railways halted, at least four dead and 72 wounded. Reports describe censorship and widespread unrest following December elections.
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Missing airliner bound for Clark Air Base vanishes after radio contact
At 8 57 p m Thursday a fuel laden passenger liner disappeared after a nine hour flight from an unknown origin to Clark Field near Manila. A Guam radio message came eight minutes later and rescue coordinators declared the plane missing. A Navy spokesman said the wreck may lie closer to Guam. A task force of 7 ships and 15 aircraft from Guam Clark Field Okinawa and other bases searched a 750 by 100 mile ocean area west of Guam.
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SEC Starts big Brokerage Quiz
The SEC begins a nationwide inquiry surveying 5,750 brokerage firms about 200 stocks to map the over the counter market. A detailed questionnaire seeks data on transactions, volumes, prices, and broker participation, with a deadline of April 9.
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Yank Position In Viet Nam Clarified By McNamara Speech
In Washington the United States defines its role in South Viet Nam as advisory training and equipment support at the Vietnamese government's request. McNamara says Americans are instructed not to fire unless fired upon, with limited self defense responses when attacked.
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Slayton Out of Next Mercury Flight for Heart Condition
NASA shifts Mercury mission plans after Air Force medical board confirms an irregular heartbeat. Donald K. Slayton, 38, will remain in the program but not fly next, with M Scott Carpenter taking his place to orbit Earth. Glenn remains the lead for the era.
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Carpenter Chosen as Next Project Mercury Pilot
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, 36, Navy commander, selected to pilot the next Project Mercury capsule into orbit after Donald Slayton’s heart trouble. He will join John Glenn in a May mission similar to Glenn’s 1962 flight, with Carpenter as Glenn’s backup. Carpenter, Colorado born, has four children, one of whom died in infancy in 1951.
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